Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-05-28

2 9uH IUc sItAfN ltfR3tRN fthFNttN't 1853 -
motion last Sunday. one of the soldiers
happened with what might have been a
fatal accident. La attempting to hoard
the train he .ost his grip, and falling
near the wheels of the car, he came
within hairs breadth Of heing ground
to atoms.
THE retiring Board of Education or
Opequon District, have done more to
elevate the public schools, both as to
building good school houses and employ
ing good teachers, by reason of the sala-
ry paid, than any Board since the State
was incorporated. Let the new Board
take lesson from their predecessor. IL
they desire to perpetuate their example.
Mr.. HARRY SMITH has accepted a
! position as operator aud clerk in hotel
at Watken's Glen and left for that
place on Thursday. The job is 4 sum-
mer affair, and Harry will be back in
the fall. He will be missed during his
brief absence; and nowhere more than
in the NJ. c. bland. of which he is a
leading member. We wish Harry
pleasant time amid the shady hooks and
glens surrounding his location.
THE announcement that Mr.. j. A.
Blondel had been found dead in his bed
| on Sunday morning, caused consldera-
BILE surprise and sorrow in this city.
His health for the past few months has
been failing, but no one imagined his
life was to end so suddenly. Deceased
was aged II years, and was at one time
jailer, and for years was leading tin
ner. He was buried in the Catholic
graveyard on Monday evening.
WHILE Mr.. Harry Snyder. of the
Register, and Mr.. Rentch and visiting
brother editor, were fishing in their
boat Cleveland" near the cement
mills, at Shepherdstown, the boat up
turned, and the occupants came nenr
being drowned. We are glad the results
were not more serious, but cannot re-
frain from saying that friend Snyder
had better keep away from Cleveland"
or will be swamped every time.
IGNORANCE AND LoyE.-They were
sitting on King street porch, Wednes-
day night, in the cleaning, listening to
the music of the insect world. AR
thur" she said, breaking the silence,
show delightful, yet how sad, is the
monotonous chorus of those toad
stools ?" "Toadstools, my DEAR" re-
piled Arthur 81 think you mean crick-
cts" Eyes, crickets that's what l
mean. l knew it was something to sit
on" And silence engrafted the two low
ing young souls in its grim folds.
A LAuNDRY-Mr. Sue Lee a de
scendant of CONTIGUOUS, has secured
the room next to Mr.. e. B. Letters
store and has opened a laundry. There
is no reason why he should want for
business indeed, this is just what
Martin sburg has been wanting for
years. Mr.. Sue Leo can speak En-
glish plainly, having been in this
country for Is years He comes here
from Baltimore. Those youngsters
who seem to delight in yelling at
him should be more charitable and
give the stranger a show.
1.-THE fact is the Republicans are so
mad at the turn matters have taken in
the Democratic party that they are
ready to bite themselves, and are looking
around for some one on whom to vent
their spleen. "-StdteSnaan.
The editor of the Statesman is trying
to get off joke. The Republicans are
not mad, nor will they bite anyone, nor
will they vent their spleen on some one.
Mad, spleenish cannibals get in the 9th.
or party and find plenty Of congenial
company there. The Republicans can
take care Of themselves, just as ably as
they took care of their ticket at the last
county election.
A SOCIETY for the suppression of
perfumery is to be started in Boston.
fit becomes of any prominence, 1t
will not only abolish all those de-
lightful odors ofviolets, roses, jou-
quits, etc., now extracted by thrifty
men from old potato and turnip peel
ings, but it will compel the youth
to visit his girl with all the delicate
aroma Of the onions he has been mas
ticating, or the exquisite scent of
the supper pan cake, exhaling from
his mouth and his clothes. If be-
tween the two evils choice has to
be made, give us perfumery.
THE following is the peroation of
young Cleveland editor, who was asked